Best Vid Card for Doom 3?

HeadHolio · Guru Joined: 10 Aug 2002 Posts: 445

http://www.digit-life.com/news.html?107374#107374

I guess (through rivatuner in windows) you can softmod the card from 12 to 16 pipelines effectively turning it into a 6800GT. Of course, that's assuming that the extra 4 pipelines aren't defective. I think this has sealed the deal for me. I'm gonna pick this card up probably next week.

Satyrinox · Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 7:13 am Post subject: Blah

Blah @ naysayers of Geforce FX 5200!
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Iplay DOom3 on this outdated system , with the 5200 in it , its unstoppable!!!!! , i play all the hardcore games , and with wine usually . My box has earned its place on my desktop , simply because i can play Doom3 with it , although im still awaiting the binaries for the game so i can see the videos (mostly) . i cant get past a part i nthe second stage that requires me to use a panel , just cant see it , otherwise i can play D3 without too many glitches , and at a decent framerate! So kiss my booty ! YOU ARE DOOM3D!

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nuzzy · Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 11:51 am Post subject:

BTW - If you have a borderline vid card that works with D3 you can tweak a config setting to get better performance:

http://www.forumplanet.com/planetdoom/topic.asp?fid=5733&tid=1438663&p=1

jevidl · Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 11:28 pm Post subject:

I too have had good luck with the FX5200, FWIW. I run it in 1024 x 768, 2x AA, and a few of the eyecandies on as well. It looks fantastic, although I am sure that a 6800 would look stunning. As it is, I find the game to be quite playable and very smooth. The FMV runs slightly choppy, but a friend of mine who was watching it too said that seems to be how it is running on most all systems. Bottom line - the FX5200 is not a bad card if you can't afford more!

blixel · Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 12:07 am Post subject:

Tom's Hardware has an article that talks about this topic.

http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20040809/index.html

There was also a Doom 3 article posted today.

http://www.tomshardware.com/game/20040809/index.html

aethyr · Veteran Joined: 06 Apr 2003 Posts: 1085 Location: NYC

If you're looking for a cheaper card, and you can wait a bit more, there's the NV43 coming out that will probably play Doom 3 better than any other sub $200 card:

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=17702
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=17619

kevdoig · Apprentice Joined: 03 May 2004 Posts: 171